Course topics will include:
· English and its place in the world: from ancient Germanic dialect to global lingua franca and today’s ‘Englishes’
· revision of theories and approaches to first language acquisition
· theories of SLA and interlanguage
· critical period hypothesis and its relevance to SLA
· input and interaction (teacher talk)
· classroom context, affective factors and individual variation
· ELT activities for Kindergarten and primary school
· constructing coherent written discourse
· writing a language learner autobiography
designing engaging classroom activities for peer teaching with a focus on SLA principles and effective use of teacher talk